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Board adopts developer‑fee report; introduces sugary‑beverage, discipline and ACA outreach items
Summary
SFUSD adopted the annual and five‑year developer impact‑fee report, introduced nonbinding support for a sugary‑beverage tax and a 'Safe and Supportive Schools' policy (first reading), and approved a resolution to mobilize school wellness centers for Affordable Care Act enrollment outreach in January.
The Board of Education adopted the district’s developer impact‑fee annual and five‑year report and took up several policy items and resolutions.
Chief facilities officer David Golden summarized the developer fees report, noting a rise in collections from roughly $2 million to just over $9 million year‑over‑year and recommending the board review and adopt the report as required by state law. The board adopted the report by roll call.
On policy introductions, board members introduced a nonbinding endorsement in support of a sugary‑beverage tax in San Francisco; the item will return to the full board for action. The board also introduced a "Safe and Supportive Schools" resolution (aligned with the "Solutions Not Suspensions" campaign) seeking to reduce exclusionary discipline. The discipline policy was referred to a Committee of the Whole for additional consideration in January.
Separately, the board suspended its rules and introduced a resolution directing the superintendent to coordinate an Affordable Care Act enrollment drive across SFUSD wellness centers (target window cited in the resolution: January 2014). The resolution asks staff to disseminate information in multiple languages, use the Student Advisory Council in outreach, train family‑engagement and wellness staff to assist families, and report back to the board with anonymized, aggregated outreach metrics. The resolution passed on a roll call vote.
Speakers at the meeting included community health advocates and student leaders who emphasized public‑health and equity benefits of the soda‑tax conversation and the need to replace suspensions with restorative practices. Student delegates suggested outreach methods for ACA enrollment including school‑site wellness center events, Prezi and social‑media materials, and School Loop postings.
Next steps: the sugary‑beverage and Safe and Supportive Schools items will go through committee review with opportunities for additional public comment; the ACA outreach resolution directs staff to implement a short enrollment campaign and to report results back to the board.
